The more degraded nature becomes, the more desperately we need it. When nature starts to bounce back, it doesn’t only provide livelihoods, food security and carbon storage; it revives the hope, joy and inspiration that our species so desperately needs https://t.co/oug7HMp9k4
Dear @Keir_Starmer, you said to big tech: 'If you profit from harm & abuse, you lose the right to self-regulate' - yet you've done almost nothing to tackle scam ads?
An Open Letter to the PM from @MoneySavingExp & @WhichUK highlighting Govt's repeated, ongoing, flaccid treatment of scam ads
@Grava71@wendyburn I was in the same situation, but surprisingly, got offered the vaccine by my GP surgery last week, so you never know… worth asking 🤞
Having initially taken a fixed 20% cut of the UK fares charged, which subsequently rose to 25%, Uber introduced dynamic pricing in 2023, an algorithm that variably sets pay for drivers and fares for passengers. https://t.co/PJLpDUc06f
….the public needs to be aware that lip-reading is not an exact science and research shows that only about 30% of information can be seen on the lips in the best of circumstances. https://t.co/L8NYndoCEX
We've had a new report out into maternity and neonatal care and honestly... there's not a single surprise in it.
It's still - and I don't use these words lightly - a total disgrace. We've had multiple reports telling us this. And yet the same problems keep happening.
Women not being listened to - mums and babies being harmed or even dying - when they shouldn't be. So many people have their own stories - I'm sure if you're listening to this right now you might have your own story - or know someone who does.
There's one thing I wanted to pick out from the report by Baroness Valerie Amos.
The investigation heard cases of women who had lost babies being placed on wards with newborns.
This might seem like a little thing. But can you imagine losing a baby. The worst moment of your entire life. All those hopes and dreams for your child's future. Carrying the baby inside you - feeling it grow - and then the blood, the desperation that maybe it's going to be ok, surely it's got to be ok, and then the reality that you've lost your child.
And then what happens? You're put on a ward full of other mothers just like you... but these mums have their little babies in their arms.
That is not just negligent. It is cruel.
And it also happens systematically throughout the NHS. Having a miscarriage? Go to the maternity unit. Just had a scan where you'd hope to see your baby kicking but actually find out it doesn't have a heart beat? Go and sit down with all the happily pregnant mums.
This is symptomatic of a system where women are treated like vessels not like people who should be heard and listened to.
Because bringing life into the world can be the happiest time of your life. But it can also be the worst time of your life.
Either way - it's the most important moment. And that's why we've got to get this right.
For Rob Rooney, the impact of Brexit for the City of London is clear. “Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan and Paris are all doing better than they were. It has been at London’s expense. There is no question about that.” https://t.co/32YuxebTdT
…in the office of Dr DeepSeek, she is at ease. “DeepSeek makes me feel like an equal,” she said. “I get to lead the conversation and ask whatever I want. It lets me get to the bottom of everything.” https://t.co/peA0wsIKyg
Spanish prime minister says double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine west’s global standing
‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right https://t.co/VOeRqrJ5xO
Israeli military’s own intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare. https://t.co/6fc8WckvyB